Really confused about this TDEE, BMR stuff help please

Tracy_03311981

Hi everyone,
I was recently reading one of my friends posts on here and she mentioned how she upped her calories and is still losing weight based on her TDEE.
I looked around and found my TDEE=2536 and my BMR is 1470.
But what do these numbers really mean?
My calories are set to the dreaded 1200 and on days I don't workout I almost always go over because it just doesn't seem like enough.
I am 31 years old
I am 5'4"
I weigh 154 lbs.
I have lost 11 lbs in roughly 6 weeks.
I have a desk job and workout 5-6 days a week, pretty vigorously, Usually burning 500-600 calories each time.
Can anyone give me some guidance?
Thank you!

Spanaval

BMR is the minimum amount of calories needed for your body to do it's routine stuff - like breathing and organ function. If you lay in a coma, this is the number of calories your body would need. Obviously, you're not lying in a coma. Your TDEE is your maintenance calories for your lifestyle - how much you move during the day, including exercise. If you cut 20% from your TDEE, you should get a pretty good, steady weight loss (about 500 calorie daily deficit). At a minimum, eat your BMR.

Teko03

Boost Weight Loss by Knowing Your BMR & Applying Your BMR Calculation to Weight Loss
- http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/boost-weight-loss-by-knowing-your-bmr.aspx

What is BMR?

You burn most of your daily calories with little to no conscious effort. Whether you're talking on the phone, working at a keyboard, or just watching television, your body is burning calories to keep your heart pumping, your lungs breathing, and your organs functioning. The calories used to maintain these basic bodily functions add up to your basal metabolic rate, or BMR. Basal essentially means base — think of it as the number of calories that’s just enough to cover all your body’s bases.

Applying Your BMR Calculation to Weight Loss?

Once you know your BMR and the number of calories you burn for your activity level, you can improve your weight-loss efforts by setting a lower daily caloric-intake limit and crafting a plan for increasing your physical activity. Here’s how:

Set your daily calorie limit. To lose weight, you need to reduce your caloric intake below your total daily calorie (TDEE) requirement indicated by your BMR + activity level. Putting yourself in a 500-calorie deficit every day should result in the loss of one pound every week, Greaves says. ( TDEE with minus 500 calories per day = 1 lb lost per week.)


BMR Calculator: http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
TDEE Calculator: http://www.bestdallaspersonaltrainer.com/energy-expenditure-calculator.html

HMVOL7409

Hey; this is the thread that inspired me to up. I was at the same weight for about 4 weeks though I felt different the scale wasn't moving. I also had little energy and felt drained after my workouts and running. My body needed the fuel. I found my TDEE which includes my daily exercise and I subtracted 15-20% of that for a little weight loss. I aimed to meet the baseline and be under my TDEE. I hope this thread helps!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/586298-if-you-are-scared-to-increase-calories